Salt Lake County · Utah
Salt Lake City, UT public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Granite District — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Granite District is the primary public district for Salt Lake City, UT. It enrolls 61,197 students in 89 schools with 2,743 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $11,409 per pupil, 34% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 61,197NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 89Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 22.3Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $11,409Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Salt Lake City
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 39.2%
- $272,138,000
- State revenue
- 49.5%
- $343,723,000
- Federal revenue
- 11.4%
- $78,960,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Salt Lake City property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 51 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Granite District (LEAID 4900360) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
Keep going
Other Salt Lake City data on this site.
NCES LEAID 4900360. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.